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Stuff Every Stamp Collecting Scout Should Know

Practice facts for the Stamp Collecting merit badge. Not an official Scouting America credential.

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55 practice questions so far. Each one is a 3-choice card that takes about 30 seconds, and the course grows as new cards pass our source checks.

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  1. What do stamp tongs help a collector do?
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    Handle stamps without touching them. Tongs are a special kind of tweezers used to pick up stamps safely so fingers do not smudge or bend them.

  2. What does a perforation gauge measure?
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    The number of stamp holes per space. A perforation gauge, also called an odontometer, measures the stamp's perforations to help identify it.

  3. What is topical stamp collecting focused on?
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    What is shown on the stamps. Topical or thematic philately studies what is depicted on individual stamps, such as birds or ships.

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  1. What do stamp tongs help a collector do?
  2. What does a perforation gauge measure?
  3. What is topical stamp collecting focused on?
  4. Which branch of philately studies airmail?
  5. What does postal stationery include?
  6. What is a maximum card?
  7. What does erinnophilia study?
  8. What does revenue philately study?
  9. What is postal history mainly about?
  10. What is letterlocking?
  11. Why might a collector use watermark fluid?
  12. What can a strong magnifying glass help you do?
  13. What is a stamp stock book used for?
  14. What is the world's oldest philatelic society?
  15. When was the International Philatelic Federation formed?
  16. What does the word philately come from?
  17. Who coined the word philately?
  18. What was the hobby called before philately caught on?
  19. What is traditional philately mainly about?
  20. What does traditional philately study about paper?
  21. What does traditional philately study about printing?
  22. What does traditional philately study about separation?
  23. What are perfins?
  24. What does traditional philately study about overprints?
  25. What does traditional philately study about fakes?
  26. What is astrophilately about?
  27. What is a Pony Express cover prized for?
  28. What does philatelic literature include?
  29. What is a stamp hinge used for?
  30. What can a stamp catalog help you do?
  31. What did early U.S. stamp collectors call themselves?
  32. When did philately begin to gain large attention?
  33. What did the U.S. Post Office Department do in 1875?
  34. What was the first World Philatelic Exhibition?
  35. Where was the first World Stamp Championship held?
  36. What is Stamp Day meant to do?
  37. Who suggested an annual Postage Stamp Day in 1934?
  38. What did the FIP organize regularly starting in 1929?
  39. What does postal history study besides postmarks?
  40. Which subject is a popular topical stamp theme?
  41. What can topical collectors study besides the picture itself?
  42. What does postal history include besides postmarks?
  43. What was the Pony Express?
  44. What does postal stationery usually show?
  45. Which item counts as postal stationery?
  46. Which item is an example of a cinderella stamp?
  47. Which item might carry a revenue stamp?
  48. What is a perforation gauge also called?
  49. How can you sometimes see a watermark without fluid?
  50. What are stamp tongs compared to in the source?
  51. When was the Royal Philatelic Society London founded? 🔒
  52. Which is a major national philatelic society in North America? 🔒
  53. What is the International Philatelic Federation known as today? 🔒
  54. Where do philatelic clubs and societies let collectors meet? 🔒
  55. What does traditional philately study about stamp design? 🔒